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But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
12 Apr 2005-
TL;DR: Travis as mentioned in this paper proposes organizing the criminal justice system around five principles of reentry to encourage change and spur innovation, and argues that the impact of returning prisoners on families and communities has been largely overlooked.
Abstract: As our justice system has embarked upon one of our time's greatest social experiments?responding to crime by expanding prisons?we have forgotten the iron law of imprisonment: they all come back. In 2002, more than 630,000 individuals left federal and state prisons. Thirty years ago, only 150,000 did. In the intense political debate over America's punishment policies, the impact of these returning prisoners on families and communities has been largely overlooked. In But They All Come Back, Jeremy Travis continues his pioneering work on the new realities of punishment in America vis-a-vis public safety, families and children, work, housing, public health, civic identity, and community capacity. Travis proposes organizing the criminal justice system around five principles of reentry to encourage change and spur innovation.
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TL;DR: Community-based programs for ex-offenders may be able to provide effective programming to improve vocational attainment within this group, thereby potentially easing the burden on criminal justice institutions as the sole provider of offender rehabilitation.
Abstract: Researchers have found providing employment opportunities for ex-offenders through job training programs to be effective at reducing recidivism. Examining various community-based programs for ex-offenders can be beneficial as they may be able to provide more stable and consistent programming without relying on the justice system. This study examined employment outcomes of graduates with and without criminal histories (n = 617) from a community-based vocational training program. Results showed that ex-offender graduates obtained employment at equal rates to nonoffender graduates and received equal pay to their nonoffender counterparts. This could indicate that for the vocationally educated ex-offender, employment outcomes may be able to equal those of other job-searching individuals with similar backgrounds but without a criminal history. Community-based programs for ex-offenders may be able to provide effective programming to improve vocational attainment within this group, thereby potentially easing the ...
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...A popular area of study in criminology and forensic psychology has been examining ex-offender employment, which has been associated with lower rates of recidivism and can be a significant predictor of success once an offender leaves prison (LePage, Lewis, Washington, Davis, & Glasgow, 2013; Maruna, 2001; Travis, 2005)....
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...…in criminology and forensic psychology has been examining ex-offender employment, which has been associated with lower rates of recidivism and can be a significant predictor of success once an offender leaves prison (LePage, Lewis, Washington, Davis, & Glasgow, 2013; Maruna, 2001; Travis, 2005)....
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Dissertation•
01 Jan 2012
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TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative analysis using face-to-face interviews of 60 women parolees in a Southern state was conducted to examine their experiences as parolees and the strategies used to sustain their freedom in the community.
Abstract: During the last decade, the number of individuals reentering communities as parolees has substantially increased as a result of the growth in the U.S. prison population. Consequently, research on prisoner reentry has also increased. The current study, a qualitative analysis using face to face interviews, examines the parole experiences of 60 women parolees in a Southern state. The women parolees served an average of 7.5 years in a state prison and had been on parole 1–5 years prior to the interviews. The in-depth face to face interviews explored women parolees’ narratives of the challenges encountered in monthly parole reporting, perceptions of parole officers, and the strategies used to sustain their freedom in the community. The women parolees’ narratives were used to illustrate their views of themselves and their experiences as parolees. They identified several critical factors in meeting their monthly parole obligations: transportation, monthly supervision fees, urinalysis tests, staying away from drugs, and positive rapport with their assigned parole officer. Women perceived their status as parolees as a way to hold them accountable for daily decisions and life choices.
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TL;DR: Tifft, Shadd Maruna, and Elizabeth Elliott as mentioned in this paper share their views on the state of criminology as an academic discipline in the early 21st century, questioning the boundaries and value of the new paradigms.
Abstract: Many criminologists in North America, Europe, and the world generally have embraced new paradigms of criminology. In this roundtable discussion, three noted criminologists, Larry Tifft, Shadd Maruna, and Elizabeth Elliott, share their views on the state of criminology as an academic discipline in the early 21st century, questioning the boundaries and value of the new paradigms.
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...Such is the popularity of the ‘reentry’ movement (see Travis, 2005) that I’ve met several prison administrators in the UK who say that reintegration (or ‘resettlement’ as it is called here) should become the raison d’être of the prison system....
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Dissertation•
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Sohoni et al. as discussed by the authors examined the effect of states' collateral consequence laws in the categories of voting, access to public records, employment, public housing, public assistance, and driver's licenses.
Abstract: Title of Document: THE EFFECT OF COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCE LAWS ON STATE RATES OF RETURNS TO PRISON Tracy WP Sohoni, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Directed By: Professor Raymond Paternoster Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Formal restrictions on a person following arrest or conviction are referred to as “collateral consequence laws” and exist in all states in the US. In recent years, scholars, policy makers and advocacy groups have expressed concern that many of these laws hinder reintegration, increasing the likelihood of future crime. In addition, these laws may interfere with the ability of former offenders to meet conditions of release following incarceration, such as maintaining stable employment and housing or paying child support. In this dissertation I examine the effect of states’ collateral consequence laws in the categories of voting, access to public records, employment, public housing, public assistance, and driver’s licenses. I examine the impact of these laws on state rates of returns to prison, as measured by percent of prison admissions that were people on conditional release when they entered prison, the percent of exits from parole that were considered unsuccessful due returning to incarceration; the percent of exits from parole that were returned to incarceration for a new sentence, and the percent of exits from parole that were returned to incarceration for a technical violation. I also run an additional fixed effects analysis on the effect of restrictions on Temporary Assistance for Needy Children (TANF) over a seven year period. Ultimately, limitations in the data restrict the conclusions that can be drawn regarding the impact of these laws. Results from the analysis are mixed, indicating that these laws may not have a uniform impact. Surprisingly, these analyses give some indication that collateral consequences may be related to lower rates of returns to prison for technical violations, however future research is needed to confirm this relationship. Possible explanations for these relationships are discussed, as are future research possibilities that would address limitations in the data. Data from the fixedeffects analysis does indicate preliminary support that states that imposed harsh restrictions on TANF saw an increase in state rates of returns to prison, however the analysis will need to be expanded to include state-level controls in order to draw any firm conclusions. THE EFFECT OF COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCE LAWS ON STATE RATES OF RETURNS TO PRISON
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